Questionnaire on university organizational climate. Psychometric qualities

Abstract

In order to provide university managers with a valid, reliable and effective decision-making organizational climate measure, this study, which analyzes the psychometric qualities of a questionnaire on university organizational climate (Q_UOC) has been done. This questionnaire was applied to 271 teachers of "Lisandro Alvarado" University. The preliminary version of Q_UOC was composed of 118 ítemes. An analysis of the Q_UOC  made by 12 experts indicates that it has a. content validity, and a coefficient of Kendall (W = 0.90); b. discriminating power in items; c. a bifactorial structure for each component of the climate, managerial image, social relations, decision making and tasks; and d. reliability of 0,97. 54 ítemes were eliminated as a result of this analysis. The psicometric qualities correspond to a version of 64 items. It is concluded that the questionnaire is apt to measure the university organizational climate.